Ottawa has waved threats to expropriate the range, or to get an injunction.

ECONOMIST: Canada and the United States

The Bataan provincial government had to expropriate it for non-payment of realty taxes.

CNN: 'I Am in Control'

Plans for a minimum wage for temporary workers and to expropriate shareholders in failing banks send chills down liberal spines.

ECONOMIST: A German government shuffle

He was particularly concerned about the plans to expropriate and redistribute land - measures that he said could fall victim to subjective criteria.

BBC: Ecuador's poor bank on referendum

The Senate's constitutional responsibility to confirm senior executive branch appointees is one of the few it hasn't compromised, or allowed the president to expropriate.

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